Clinical Rheumatology - Editor highlights - October 2021

Prof. Carlos Pineda provides his Editor-in-Chief highlights from this issue; where the article is not already Open Access, the read-only version of each article has been made available.

The issue can be found in full on SpringerLink (this opens in a new tab).

Is fibromyalgia an autoimmune illness? (this opens in a new tab)  (this opens in a new tab)Martínez-Lavín, M 

Retention rate of a second line with a biologic DMARD after failure of a first-line therapy with abatacept, tocilizumab, or rituximab: results from the Italian GISEA registry (this opens in a new tab) Sebastiani, M, Venerito, V, Bugatti, S et al.

Polycystic ovary syndrome and (pre)osteoarthritis: assessing the link between hyperandrogenism in young women and cartilage oligomeric matrix protein as a marker of cartilage breakdown. (this opens in a new tab) Kabakchieva, P, Georgiev, T, Gateva, A et al.